General Chat

Hi Yvette, Yep am going down to Manyana, might wait until the late evening before heading out and try to miss most of the traffic as every man and his dog seems to head off the same time. If you get down our way call in, we are 2 The Bridge Manyana Hi Cat, supposed to be studying the manual for the new digital camera, but couldnt resist having a peak at the wattle thread, so best get my butt into gear and start learning how to use it properly before the morning is upon me Cheers Shaz

think its time to turn off the puter for the night. toasting the love and friendship that we share. yvette xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx thanks shaz, it always seems to get bad about 8-9 am and progressively worse as the day goes on. can you leave really early and go back to bed when you get there? yx

Goodnight dear Wattlers Have a wonderful Christmas. Thankyou to everyone for the beautiful Christmas cards and good wishes. Wonderful to share the joy of the season with my Wattler mates. Hope Santa is good to each and every one of you. XXX Anna

MERRYYYYYYYY CHRISTMAS...WATTLERS......:>)))) Rudes..:>)) ( hic )

It is now Christmas Day................ MERRY CHRISTMAS to eveyone Take care and be safe Luv and Hugs Ducky

HAPPY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all :-))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Its 20 minutes into Christmas day in Queensland . . . SO . . Merry Christmas all !! Thank you for so many good wishes and they are all wished back at you so very sincerely. This little household is all ready for a lovely Christmas day, though I am a little concerned about Lew . . Earlier this evening I overheard TLR telling neices little boy that one of Santas boomers is laying by the roadside near our place so Santa will be one short for his trip around Australia and may not get inland to Bathurst and Mudgee . . . teeheee I am sure you have been very good Lew so dont fret too much!! We have spent the evening outside observing a lovely little family of Tawny Frogmouth Owls - they nest in one of our trees every year and this year they have had a bumper crop 3 babies. There were two cats lurking about so we were standing guard till the parents took them back up the tree. Watching them as they jumped about on the ground playing and eating stray insects, such amazing birds . . . not the least bit pretty, in fact look like a piece of old timber at times. Well off to bed so Santa can come make his delivery . . . Night all . . . thanks for a lovely day today Ducky and Mel HO HO HO Merry Christmas . . . . luv Laurie

Loz, thanks for a wonderful day yesterday - these are the things that keep me going Lotsa luv to you and TLR and family Have a wonderful day today and tomorra with your loved ones Ducky

Lew, did Santa really reach you ?????????

Day Twelve Listen slurry head, You have ruined our lives. The twelve maidens dancing turned up last night and beat the living daylights out of the eight maids-a-milking, 'cos they found them carrying on with the eleven Lords-a-leaping. Meanwhile, the swans got out of the living-room, where they'd been hiding since the big battle, and savaged hell out of the Lords and all the Maids. There were eight ambulances here last night, and the local Civil Defence as well. The mother is in a home for the bewildered and I'm sitting here, up to my neck in birds' droppings, empty whiskey and Valium bottles, birds' blood and feathers, [sobbing] while the flaming cows eat the leaves off the pear-tree. I'm a broken man. Gobnait O'Lúnasa

Good Christmas morning Wattlers, From Gobnait and me we wish you all a wonderful Christmas day. May yours not be as noisy and messy as Gobnait's tho. Shaz - take care when you hit the road. Good luck with the digi - we'll be expecting lots of piccles from you from now on you realise. I'm off back to bed for a bit.............. Enjoy your day all Trifley - hope things are still good with you and you can tuck into a nice meal today. Gwenda xx

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE I'm up early doing the Santa thing for our 16 YEAR OLD!! Old habits die hard!! As we beat her to bed these days, I have to skulk around at day break! Have a wonderful day everyone Thanks Gwenda for the Christmas countdown - it's been hilarious. Lotsa luv Anna

Jesus is born (Luke 2:) In those days Caesar Augustus ordered a head count of the whole Roman world. (This was the first big tally, when Quirinius ran the Syrian branch of the empire.) And everyone had to go back to the bit of country they were born in to fill in the forms. So Joe hiked up from Nazareth (in Galilee shire) to Bethlehem (in Judea shire) because this spot in the mulga was where King David came from, and Joe's family tree had King David up in the top branches. He went there to fill in the forms and sign the register with his fiance, Mary, who was pretty near nine months by this time. While they were there, she gave birth to a baby boy. She wrapped him in a bunny rug, and tucked him up in a feed trough in a back shed, because the pub was full to bursting. There were some drovers, camped out in a paddock nearby, keeping an eye on their mob of sheep that night. Their eyes shot out on stalks when an angel of the Lord zapped into view, and the glory of the Lord filled the air like a thousand volts of electricity. The angel said: 'Stop looking like a bunch of stunned mullets. Let me give you the drum, the good oil, it's top news for the whole crew - everyone, everywhere. Today in that little town on the hill a rescuer has been born: he is the Promised One, the King, the Lord. And here's how you'll find him: the little nipper is wrapped up in a bunny rug, and lying in a food trough.' And before you could say, 'Well, I'll be blowed!' the whole sky was filled with more angels than you could count, all singing away at the top of their lungs (if angels have got lungs, that is): 'God is great! God is bonzer - and to everyone on this planet who's on God's side: peace and goodwill, and, by the way. Happy Christmas.' (Which rather confused the drovers because they'd never heard of Christmas before.) Suddenly the whole choir had nipped off in the blink of an eye. The drovers said to each other, 'We'd better make tracks to Bethlehem and have a squiz at what's happened - check out this message from God.' So the lot of them shot through like a Toorak tram to Bethlehem - and they found Mary, and Joe and the baby who was, sure enough, wrapped in a bunny rug and lying in a food trough. When they'd seen this they told every Tom, Dick and Harry about what had happened, and everyone who heard the story was blown away by it. But Mary just made a mental note of these things, and tucked them away in a corner of her heart. The drovers went back to the paddock, and their mob of sheep, as excited as a race horse on Melbourne Cup day, and saying what a bottler God was, because everything was spot on - just as they'd been told. from the Aussie Bible by Kel Richards. Merry Christmas everyone Vonny

Merry Christmas Wattlers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lots of love and hugs from the McMads!!!!! xxxx

Morning all, Mornng McJilly & Merry Xmas Thanks for that lovely story Vonny Thanks Gobnail and Gwenda, loved that also! Seems everyone is up early today, much to do. The weather is warming up fiercely even at 7am :( Have yourselves a Merry Xmas all Wattlers - I'll be back later in the day to see what Santa brought you. Love Jood

Thanks Jilly, and Merry Christmas to you and yours! Ho Ho everyone , Like you Anna, I am up to do the last minute Mother Christmas thing for DD15! She even wrote to Santa last night and left out a box of Savoury Shapes, so I’ve had to open it and remove a few to go along with the game – oh how she used to love it when the carrots were all chewed up and the beer can empty when she was little!! Vonny, I’m going to read that Bible passage out loud to us all this morning, have never heard the Story told in quite that way before lol. Kel Richards is a gem! We had a lovely dinner at friends last night where her neighbours kept on dropping in and staying for a chat, several of whom we know, so it was just beaut – and the ex’s came and went too, so civilised, I think it means everyone is getting older lol! When DD15 wakes up we will make bacon and eggs and have brekky on our laps around the tree while DD15 plays Santa. The tree is twinkling, the carols are on low, and I’ve got quite a big box to open?? Hmm the milk’s off, just going to have to put cream in my coffee!! This afternoon we go over to friends for a meal, very casual and relaxed. Her OH and his bikie mates (over 60’s her I’m talking, not hard core lol) are headed off to Tasmania tomorrow, they go every second year and meet the Sydney to Hobart yachts at the other end. So it will be a bit of a fun gathering. It is quite cool here, no rain however, but I heard that Goulburn got some and they really needed it. Have a lovely lovely day everyone, and the blessings of Christmas to you all Heather

Merry Christmas Love Yvette x

Merry Christmas Wattlers, Every thing ready, just got to light the Webber, to accomodate the duck. We will sit down for the feast about 1.30 when the breaky has worn off. Guess what Santa brought me, just what I wanted. A Pink Tool Kit. Now I don't have to go rummaging in the shed for a screw driver and hammer. It's starting to get a bit humid so we may get the promised storm. Laurie, we have a family of frog mouth owls and one Christmas one of them decided to come in and join us. He sat on top of the curtain rail for ages. I just love all the birds. At the moment we have a family of cockatoos who make an early morning visit. Funny it always coincides with chook feeding time. Well I Hope everyone has a really good day and those going away hope you have a great time and please travel safely. Vonny, just loved the story of the Birth. Bye SuzyQ

Morning Wattlers and a very merry Christmas to you all. Well, the turkey's in the oven, the prawns and oysters are ready, we're all eating lots of lollies and we have 20mm of rain!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS Love to you all and your families and hope you all have a wonderfully fantastic day. HRH Dr Lew Lew xxx

Merry Christmas :-)